During the summer of 2015, the Program of Maritime Studies of East Carolina conducted a field class in Costa Rica to explore the maritime culture of the settlement of Cahuita and Puerto Viejo located along the nation’s southern Caribbean coast. Students participated in an array of activities including underwater archaeological mapping and recording techniques on shipwrecks and an iron pier. Two ECU faculty instructors headed the program and helped students compile data, work on drawings and photographs, as well as geo-referencing the information after the class.